The Farm

Walking to work one morning, Arthur got an idea as he passed the empty lot located at 5057 Waterman Boulevard—what a great place for a community garden. The lot had been vacant for almost 15 years, ever since the apartment buildings located on the property were destroyed by fire.

When approached, the owner of the land gave permission to use this beautiful vacant lot to build a community garden; we in turn promised not to open a car wash using the water the owner so generously provided. A partnership was formed that day with the property’s owner, built on trust to maintain the land with the highest respect at all times. Unique to our urban community farm is our Gift Garden that gifts all the vegetables and fruits to food pantries—not even tastes for those who work and volunteer.

The Central West End Farm’s mission is to eliminate hunger within our community by growing, harvesting and delivering organic vegetables and fruits to clients at local food pantries.

— Arthur and Nancy Culbert

The Central West End Farm broke ground on Earth Day in 2011. We will celebrate our seven year anniversary on April 22, 2018. During these seven years, the farm has delivered 12,000 pounds of fresh organic vegetables and fruit to our two community food pantries weekly May through November. Our Gift Garden in 2017 helped feed 2,500 families. The Central West End Farm is an important resource within the community to help eliminate hunger through urban farming

Saturday morning is harvest day and special at the farm. Help begins to arrive after 7:30 am.; neighbors, families, STL Village members and many more. Depending on the time of season as much as 120 pounds of vegetables and fruits can be harvested in as little as 90 minutes. If you are interested in volunteering your time to this wonderful service click here!